Thread on report submitted by Retd Justice AK Rajan headed committee to Tamil Nadu govt on NEET:
Pre- NEET and Post-NEET admission data comparison and what it means:
1. Based on medium of education in Tamil Nadu 👇
2. Based on board of education, medium of instruction and type of management:
3. Based on geographical location (rural/ urban):
4. Based on First Generation Graduates and Non First Generation Graduates:
5. Based on annual income of parents :
6. Based on social groups:
7. Based on Repeaters vs First Timers:
"NEET seems to have clearly undermined the diverse societal representation in MBBS and higher medical studies, favouring mainly the affordable and affluent segment of the society while equally thwarting the dream of pursuing medical education by underprivileged social groups."
Conclusion of the committee:
"If NEET continues for a few more years, the Health care system of Tamil Nadu will be very badly affected."
Recommendations made by the committee to TN govt:
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All 4,57,645 petitions received under "Ungal Thokuthiyil Muthalamaichar" programme have been acted upon. After due field verification, 2,29,216 grievances positively redressed.
Use of Tamil as the official language will be strengthened in all depts.
Rs 5 crore will be allocated to carry out archaeological excavations, which is the highest among all States in the country.
Govt will revamp the implementation of Old Age Pensions scheme.
Measures will be taken to fill up remaining 14,317 vacancies in the police force.
Thread on White Paper released by Tamil Nadu finance minister P Thiagarajan:
- Revenue deficit of TN has been deteriorating for the last 8 years. Such a long term trend has affected the development investments.
Revenue deficit : 3.16 as % of GSDP for FY 2020-21.
Fiscal deficit of the state has been primarily increasing due to increase in govt borrowing.
Fiscal deficit is 4.43 as % of GSDP.
The public debt is Rs 2,63,976 per family in TN.
Public debt as % of GSDP is 26.69%, which is above the allowed limit of 25%.
Outstanding debt of GoTN has been metioned as Rs 4,85,503 crores until now. However, if we consider "other means" of financing the fiscal deficit the real debt is Rs 5,24,574 crores.
Thread: Tamil Nadu health secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan has filed a status report before the Madras High Court regarding the Covid situation.
Highlights:
1. Shortage of Remdesivir: State has demanded 20,000 vials per day, but it is getting only 7000 per day.
2. At present, TN's daily consumption of Oxygen is 470 MT. The total requirement is expected to go up to 850 MT in the next 15 days.
Tamil Nadu is currently getting 419 MT as per National Oxygen Plan.
3. Says 3 measures are imperative to avert a "major catastrophe" & loss of lives:
Supply of 40 MT O2 from INOX Kanjikode should continue for atleast 10 more days, 20 MT supply from Air Water Bellary for another 10 days & atleast 200 MT/ day from steel plants in Eastern India.
Thread: Tamil Nadu govt issues new guidelines to tackle the spread of Covid.
- Night curfew announced from 10pm to 4 am across the state from April 20.
Public/ private transport not allowed to ply and inter-state/ district transport also suspended during this time period.
- Only essential services allowed to operate during night curfew. Media, petrol pumps, continuous process industries exempted. Transport for emergency medical need, airport, railway station alone will be allowed.
- Total lockdown on Sundays. Only essential services allowed.
- Parcel facility allowed from hotels from 6am- 10am, 12pm- 3pm and 6pm-9pm on Sundays.
-Tamil Nadu class 12 state board examinations postponed. Practical exams to go on as scheduled.
- 100 people allowed for weddings and 50 for funerals.